Holland or Netherlands?

Daemos

Was just reading up on this because I was curious how one country could have two names.

Apparently the Netherlands is the correct term, because Holland is technically only referring to a particular region. But some Dutch people call the country Holland anyway

I used to call it Holland until recently when I had to start writing Netherlands over and over again, and now it's been drilled into me

So, what do you call it?

missingtime

Amsterdam

Calibos

The Nether regions tbh

Teutorix

Well in most languages the name for it is some variation of "netherlands" so I take that to be the correct one, still use both, as do alot of dutch themselves.

Giselle

I lived in Den Haag for a few months, and I've always called the country the Netherlands.

FearDark

Awesomeland.

4zn76tysfajdxp

Dutch-land.

Agricola

Ì call it Holland. The Netherlands sounds like something out of Harry Potter.

stovelid

Are they the Orange lads?

BRITS OUT

Dravokivich

That place protected by Lesbians!

gurramok

The football team is called Holland! Their fans shout Holland at the matches!

FearDark

Holland or The Netherlands?

Who the fúck are the Dutch then??

alwaysadub

Call it both to be honest,whichever one pops into my head 1st. Not that i talk about it much anyway..

Dutchess

Well, being Dutch myself I call it Nederland (pronounced: Naydrlahnd). In English, I call it the Netherlands. The country consists of 12 provinces, 2 of them being North-Holland and South-Holland. So 1/6 of the country is Holland. The Holland part of the country is where all the major cities (say Amsterdam, the Hague for example) are and though not geographically being the centre, it is the centre in the sense of this is where it all goes down. So I think this is why people sometimes call it Holland. Also, it rolls a bit easier off the tongue than 'the Netherlands'. (say, you're in South Africa watching a match, shouting 'go, Holland, go!' is easier than 'go the Netherlands go!
To compare, some people (in the Netherlands at least) would refer to all of Great-Britain as England....

allthedoyles

FearDark wrote: »

Holland or The Netherlands?

Who the fúck are the Dutch then??

The Dutch are people that came from Germany ( or Deutscheland ) and settled in The Netherlands or Holland , when the dams were built .....

At least thats what I was told in school .

fullstop

gurramok wrote: »

The football team is called Holland! Their fans shout Holland at the matches!

Really?

Sonnenblumen

Cheeseland:D

Lando Griffin

England is also called the UK Britian, The USA called the States or America or The US, Austrila OZ so its not uncommon for this to happen.

Irish_wolf

Fairly sure holland is just a region of the Netherlands. Saying holland for the netherlands is like if someone said leinster when they meant Ireland.

Burgo

The Netherlands.

Nederland!

Sulmac

The Netherlands, calling it Holland is like using the word "Leinster" to refer to Ireland.

edit: Just saw Irish_wolf's post.

4zn76tysfajdxp

Lando Griffin wrote: »

England is also called the UK Britian

It really isn't.

Lando Griffin

Cullen Easy Tail wrote: »

It really isn't.

Yes it is, and by people from the UK too.

Daemos

I have never ever heard it called that

Teutorix

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Yes it is, and by people from the UK too.

Nah man, try tell that to a scot or a welsh person. That like calling an irish person british :mad:

stovelid

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Yes it is, and by people from the UK too.

You don't go around saying Bespin Cloud City, do you?

It's clearly two different things.

Calibos

allthedoyles wrote: »

The Dutch are people that came from Germany ( or Deutscheland ) and settled in The Netherlands or Holland , when the dams were built .....

At least thats what I was told in school .

That explains why the Pennsylvania Dutch in the USA are actually of German decent:D

owenc

Cullen Easy Tail wrote: »

It really isn't.

The uk consists of four countries : Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and wales - Not just England!

owenc

Teutorix wrote: »

Nah man, try tell that to a scot or a welsh person. That like calling an irish person british :mad:

Well, they arn't irish then if you call them british. There are scottish people who are british you know, infact they all are because they all have british passports!

gurramok

fullstop wrote: »

Really?

What does that prove? Always notice some of the English speaking channels do have HOL on the scoreline while others have NED. I actually have a football teeshirt(not jersey) with Holland written on it.

Also, there is nothing in the link showing football fans shouting anything! Show us some video.

owenc

stovelid wrote: »

Are they the Orange lads?

BRITS OUT

Eh, they arn't british and the orange order is a northern ireland thing, go learn some facts before you post false info. Back to topic, i have never called it Holland always Netherlands, though i must say i do know alot who refer to it as Holland.

InTheTrees

I always thought they were two countries...

Mr Benevolent

Hole-land or the Bottom Lands. Take your pick. Most Dutch people I've met don't care one way or the other.

FearDark

Jeez who pissed in your corn flakes?

owenc

FearDark wrote: »

Jeez who pissed in your corn flakes?

FAIL!:P If your going to try and sicken someone at least say who you are talking too!

windycity

Americans call it Holland. Saying Netherlands is way too much work for us.

InTheTrees

owenc wrote: »

Eh, they arn't british and the orange order is a northern ireland thing, go learn some facts before you post false info.

He was King William of Orange. Its not a "northern ireland thing", its a place. In Holland.

Go learn some history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Orange-Nassau

owenc

owenc wrote: »

Eh, they arn't british and the orange order is a northern ireland thing, go learn some facts before you post false info. Back to topic, i have never called it Holland always Netherlands, though i must say i do know alot who refer to it as Holland.

Did you not read that?

El Weirdo

Dutchess wrote: »

Well, being Dutch myself I call it Nederland (pronounced: Naydrlahnd). In English, I call it the Netherlands. The country consists of 12 provinces, 2 of them being North-Holland and South-Holland. So 1/6 of the country is Holland. The Holland part of the country is where all the major cities (say Amsterdam, the Hague for example) are and though not geographically being the centre, it is the centre in the sense of this is where it all goes down. So I think this is why people sometimes call it Holland. Also, it rolls a bit easier off the tongue than 'the Netherlands'. (say, you're in South Africa watching a match, shouting 'go, Holland, go!' is easier than 'go the Netherlands go!
To compare, some people (in the Netherlands at least) would refer to all of Great-Britain as England....

^^Yesh. Thish.

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Yes it is, and by people from the UK too.

Lol.

owenc wrote: »

Eh, they arn't british and the orange order is a northern ireland thing, go learn some facts before you post false info. Back to topic, i have never called it Holland always Netherlands, though i must say i do know alot who refer to it as Holland.

Lol again.

In before spliff comment.

Daemos

owenc wrote: »

Did you not read that?

I did, but then again I also read that if you shock your nipples you get a massive erection. Now my nipples hurt and I can't get it up to shag anything.

Don't believe everything you read

InTheTrees

owenc wrote: »

Did you not read that?

Ah "order"...

sorry.

mise_me_fein1

Sulmac wrote: »

The Netherlands, calling it Holland is like using the word "Leinster" to refer to Ireland.

edit: Just saw Irish_wolf's post.

There are two hollands. North Holland and South Holland.

Lando Griffin

I dont think the Dutch mind what its called either because they are a modern almost masterful race unlike us Irish who base our county teams in our national and previous anti brittish games on something introduced by the Brittish mainly Counties.

javaboy

owenc wrote: »

Eh, they arn't british and the orange order is a northern ireland thing, go learn some facts before you post false info.

Go learn a sense of humour.

owenc

InTheTrees wrote: »

Ah "order"...

sorry.

oh, was he not talking about that, thought he was because he said "britz out".

InTheTrees

So where's Orange?

johngalway

I call it Holland, but know it's The Netherlands. Doesn't seem to bother the natives.

InTheTrees

owenc wrote: »

oh, was he not talking about that, thought he was because he said "britz out".

LOL!!!! I was confused so I figured it was best to just apologise!

owenc

javaboy wrote: »

Go learn a sense of humour.

naw, maybe it gets to the point were you get sick and tired of losers coming on here and making random jokes to get attention and they arn't even half funny, its so pathetic.

bonerm

West Germany